Engineering education must evolve to keep pace with mighty changes occurring today in business, industry, and society. Engineers must develop attributes and knowledge beyond traditional constraints of the classroom. Engineering education must be designed to accommodate current trends and future needs. We must enhance the flexibility of curricula. Engineering education must create more connections and stronger partnership with the global society in which we are embedded. We must examine the relevance of curricula and strive for fulfillment of college & professional missions. Our goal is to articulate the role of engineering education in the early part of the 21st century and to establish design specifications that will enable our college to be a leader in shaping the future of engineering education. As such we have an obligation to address the full range of higher education, namely: teaching and learning, research, and service to the community.
Engineering and technology play a dominant role in manufacturing or processing associated with agricultural products. It should also be clear that engineering expertise and technology are major contributors to mining, construction, and transportation and infrastructure. Use of current technologies and creation of new technologies are at the heart of the engineering profession. Again, engineering education must be intimately familiar with the “business” of innovation.